The 1999 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–6, 1999, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.
Number 1 seed defeated 2 seed 73–59 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker 1 ‡# 14–2 30–4 2 # 12–4 25–8 3 # 11–5 23–10 4 # 10–6 16–12 5 8–8 21–12 6 8–8 15–14 7 8–8 17–14 8 7–9 16–14 9 7–9 15–14 10 5–11 13–15 11 4–12 13–15 12 2–14 7–20 ‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 21 1 12:00 pm #8 55 vs #9 51 2,946 2 2:20 pm #5 82 vs #12 71 2 3 6:00 pm #10 60 vs #7 55 3,264 4 8:20 pm #11 70 vs #6 56 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 33 5 12:00 pm #1 74 vs #8 Kansas State 55 Metro Sports5,264 6 2:27 pm #5 Nebraska 60 vs #4 55 4 7 6:00 pm #2 63 vs #10 Missouri 44 5,137 8 8:20 pm #3 59 vs #11 Oklahoma State 53 Semifinals – Thursday, March 45 9 5:00 pm #1 Texas Tech 77 vs #5 Nebraska 59 FSN6,230 10 7:30 pm #2 Iowa State 79 vs #3 Kansas 64 Final – Saturday, March 66 11 7:00 pm #1 Texas Tech 73 vs #2 Iowa State 59 FSN8,127 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament
All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Angie Braziel, Texas Tech Player TeamAngie BrazielTexas TechStacy FreseIowa StateMegan TaylorIowa StateRene HanebuttTexas TechJulie LakeTexas Tech
See also 1999 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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